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cada na kuubleY MO. 26 OCT 1979
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FM HONG KONG 250303Z OCT 79
TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.1491 OF 25 OCTOBER,
INFO PRETORIA.
YOUR TELNO.854: U.K/SOUTH AFRICA AIR SERVICES.
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CURRENTLY, THERE IS SPARE CAPACITY AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS AND, ALTHOUUGH CONSTRAINTS WILL COME INTO PLAY INCREASINGLY IN THE FUTURE,
SATURATION WILL NOT TAKE PLACE ON PRESENT FORECASTS UNTIL THE MID-EIGHTIES. AT THIS POINT IN TIME THEREFORE, WE CAN STILL ACCEPT
NON-TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS WHICH DO CONTRIBUTE, BY WAY OF LANDING AND PARKING FEES, TO THE AIRPORT ACCOUNT. CLEARLY, EACH CASE NEEDS
TO BE TREATED ON ITS MERITS AND WE DO NOT KNOW THE BACKGROUND TO
THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
2. WE THEREFORE FEEL YOU WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY IN JUSTIFYING
LIMITATIONS ON TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS AS AN ADDITIONAL REASON TO REFUSE
THE REQUEST. IN OUR VIEW, THE ARGUMENT ADVANCED IN OUR TEL NO.1418
IS CONVINCING ON ITS OWN, SO FAR AS SAA IS CONCERNED.
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